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Lexile
 k-12
 See chart on comparing to reader and to grade level to understand where your students might fall when choosing text
Into the Book

Into the Book firefox
http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html?login=

http://reading.ecb.org/

Reading Strategies
 grades 3-5
 The site introduces the 7 reading strategies and has technology integrated into the activities: highlight, drop and drag, and keyboarding. Do as a group , since there are several options available. Then let the students do on their own first and go over as a group. It tracks their progress in identifying main idea and details to then summarize in own words.When done in group and slow release of responsibility is successful, then let them do it on their own. For others review again. Focus on the skill separate from the content. Grades 3-5
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Book Flix

 k-3
 K-3rd grade fiction and non-fiction books made available on same topic by Ohio Assembly. Practice skills (highlight, underline, and italicize) while using the text on the interactive board per teacher instruction.
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ZING
 K-12th
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READABILITY
Reading Levels
This includes Lexile and tool for websites and passages.
Mission US
 7+
 This game-like setting allows you to use technology skills, click and highlight, while being engaged in history. Grades 7+
 Key
icivics
 6+
 You play the game as lawyers to handle and resolve client issues. Technology of drag and drop, drag, click. Grades 6+
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Grocery Mapping
 K-3
 Drag the direction arrow on a graph and click to get the person to their right aisle to obtain the food K-3.
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Essay Map
 k-12
 Expository writing for elementary, middle, and high school students. This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas. The finished map can be saved, e-mailed, or printed. Keyboarding and submit skill.
 Key
Bio, Mystery, Story or Create your own CUBE
 k-12
 Summarizing information is an important post reading and pre-writing activity that helps students synthesize what they have learned. Keyboarding.
 Key
http://www.readwritethink.org/search/?resource_type=16
 k-12
 Interactive that can be used with class objectives that also include technology skills. Lessons are also available.
Quill

http://www.quill.org/
 3-12
 Quill is a service that provides an updated take on the old writing worksheets that most of us used in elementary school and middle school. The service offers more than just the writing practice activities, but that is its core feature. Here's how it works; students sign-in (email is not required) to find the worksheets that you have assigned to them. The worksheets contain spelling and grammar errors that your students have to identify and correct. Students submit their corrections and Quill shows them how they did by showing what they did correct and what they should have corrected. An explanation accompanies each Quill correction. Highlight
Curriculet
Readings are presented by lexiles, with read works, and questions have been added. Use these in subject area where they fit and apply one of the skills learned.
State Practice Test Math ELA
 3-8
 Use technology skills on actual test that scores for you
Newsela
 2+
 Find an article and then decide which lexile to use. One article can be printed in several lexiles. The vocabulary and sentence structure changes. The article can be viewed on SB/whiteboard and highlighted.
Tween Tribune
 2+
 The site is presented by Smithsonian. Articles can be printed in several lexiles. View article on SB/whiteboard to discuss reading and writing strategies.Compare articles covering same topics for development of facts and to compare/contrast.




























Tech skill Matrix.docx
Understand the application of all the skills by doing the above activities or the ones on the matrix by hovering over the icon.
link to Infohio tech skills.docx